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tshunúxuʾ	NAhkUhuusawaawanú	–
Scalped Man	when he was going around the coulee	–

NAhkukUxpaahwaahnú	–	uu	witiihuusawaawanúʾ.
when he was going all around furtively,	–	oh,	there he was going around in the coulees.

noowiteečeswaátaʾ.

Then he came out of the woods.

noowituhnaaʾeéRIt	niiʾAhnuxtswooxukú
Then he saw them	where the water had always flowed,

niiʾAhnuxtswooxukú	tiiháʾA.
where the water had always flowed	here.

wah	štoh	wehnareewaataáNA	kanawitiitsá.
Now	again	when he looked,	there there was no water.

čuwekuNAxtaaNAhnaáNAt	stuúWI.
"Where did you all go,	Stuwis?"

wewiteekiwaaxáxkuʾ	sáhniš.
He was calling them names	Arikara.

čuwekuNAxtaaNAhnaáNAt	stuúWI.
"Where are all of you,	Stuwis?

stuúWI.

Stuwis!"

či	weešeeNIhčesWAtwáʾ.
Here	they all came out of the woods.

tiwešeeNIhčesWAtwáʾ	stuúWI	tsu	wewitihAstaahIškootíhuʾ.
When they all came out of the woods	Stuwis,	but	he was dying of thirst.

naáNIt	wewitihAstaahIškootíhuʾ.
Really	he was dying of thirst.

noowitetsčeswaátaʾ.

Then the water came out of the woods.

noowiteečiisUhuuNIswaátaʾ.

Then the water came out flowing.

wehna-	raaNAxwé	witeečiinaNIsWAtwaʾaáhuʾ.
As he	wondered	the water was coming from different directions.

či	–	weešehkaasawá	stuúWI.
Here	–	they had urinated	Stuwis.

noowewitiihíʾ–	wehna-	psiʾaanuuxukú.
Now it was–	when it	usually gets cold.

–	tIheenikututunaanuúkuʾ	–	nooteečii-	naaNIsWAtwáʾ.
–	This was the time of the year	–	then the	water comes out all over.

a	noowitiwáčiʾ	hąąʾ	nikututunaanuúkuʾ	wenakukuraakaasuuhIštáNI.
And	then they said:	"Yes,	that is the time of year	when we feel like urinating."

noowitihkaásuʾ.

Then they urinated.

noowiteečiinaaNIsWAt-	wáʾ.
Then the water came seeping out from	different directions.

noowititstaraawíš.

Then the water was gray.

kaakuhtsé.

"The water is not good (yet)."

na	štoh	noowitiišuhkaásuʾ.
And	again	then they were urinating.

ahwititsčiraanawá-	taaʾA	tiíNI.
The water was a	little clearer	now.

ahwititsčiraanawátaaʾA.

The water was a little clearer.

nawáh	wetuhtsé.
"Now	the water is good."

noowitⁱnaawiíkAt	stuúWI.
Then they stopped	Stuwis.

noowitihpastsačipiítIt.

Then they closed their vulvas.

noowitiraawiʾuúkAs.

Then it (the water) stopped (running).

wah	–	šitAxkukoosšteéRAt.
"Now	–	you (pl) have pleased me.

naáNIt	–	šitAxkukoosšteéRAt.
Really	–	you (pl) have pleased me.

noowititskatariína	wehnaačiinaaNIswaáta.
Then the water became swift	as the water seeped out.

a	či	–	niikohnuhnaánuʾ	stuúWI	–	AhniinuuxI-
And	here	–	however many there were	Stuwis	–	the ones who

sAhkAhunuuwaáWI	či	weešeenaánaʾ.
lived in the village	here	they came.

wehnihkaasú	nuukuwititskateewaáhAt.
When they urinated	the streams were wide.

hUhtiísuʾ	noowitičiisá	čipít.
Finally	so the water became	creek.

naaNIt	čipít	noowitičiisá.
Really	creek	then the water became.

tsu	wetičiíʾIs	xáNIš.
But	it was	urine.

xáNIš	–	wetičiíʾIs.
Urine	–	it was.

tsu–	naáNIt	–	weneečiisá	–	čipít.
But–	really	–	now the water became	–	creek.

tsu	nikuwetuhnaáNIt	stuúWI.
But	they were the ones who were the cause	Stuwis.

tsu	čeésiʾ	tshunúxuʾ	noowitičiikaahUxítIt.
But	himself	Scalped Man	then he began to drink.

nooti-	tititskaawačiínoʾ.
Then	he drank himself full.

nawáh	noowituutakáxaʾ	wah	šištaahnaánaʾ	sčiríhtš	na	–
Now	then he called them:	"Now	you (pl) come	coyotes	and	–

niinooNAxkuuraakíčI	wehnuutakAxaawaahú	–	sčiríhtš	axiNAhwaawaáhu.
you different ones!"	as he was calling them	–	coyotes	'for you (pl) to come.'

šištaaNAhwáʾ.

"Come here!

šuxtahAtsaʾiiranít.

Taste the water!"

noowiteeRAhčesWAtwáʾ	sčiríhtš	na	sčiRIhkaapinát
Then they came out of the woods	coyotes	and	wolves

niinoonuhpiiraninoosíčI	wehnihčiíkAhu.
the different ugly ones	as they drank.

noowitotsháne.

The water tasted good.

noowititsčiraanawátaaʾA	wehnačiisaáNA	čipít.
Then the water was clear	after it had become	creek water.

na	–	nikuwitiisá	stuúWI	–	wehnutunaanuúku
And	–	that is what they did	Stuwis	–	when it was the season

wehnapsiʾaanú	wehnaakučiinaaNIsWAtwáʾa.
when it becomes cold,	when the water comes seeping out.

nawáh	tihwáčiʾ	–	wetehnihkaasáwaʾ	stuúWI.
Now	They say:	–	"They must have urinated	Stuwis.

–	stuúWI	wetehnih-	kaasáwaʾ.
–	Stuwis	they must	have urinated."

či	čituúʾuʾ	weešehkaásuʾ	niikoh-	nuhnaánuʾ
Here	all	they had now urinated	however	many there were

IsAhkAhaahčituúʾuʾ	stuúWI.
the entire world	Stuwis.

na	neenikutuutAxítIt.
And	this is what happened.